SQL Server 2008 R2 expands on the value delivered in SQL Server 2008 by providinga wealth of new features and capabilities that can benefit your entire organization. This release will further improve IT Efficiency with new and enhanced management capabilities and empower business users to access, integrate, analyze and share information using business intelligence tools they already know.

New things in SQL Server 2008 R2:

With this new release, IT professionals, developers and business users will experience the following benefits: